2021 could also be gone, however its crises are nonetheless with us – Center East Monitor

The 12 months 2021 could also be gone, however its crises are nonetheless with us, and lots of of them have an effect on the Arab world and have been inherited from earlier years. The 12 months’s heavy legacy has been handed on to 2022. The crises it comprises will proceed to develop till they explode.

I strive to not be a pessimist, however that is the truth that many Arabs missed once they celebrated the New Yr. They’re preoccupied with the prophecies of fraudulent seers and the fashionable pharaoh’s magicians who appeared on tv on New Yr’s Eve to intoxicate the individuals with illusions and lies. With hopes that their needs will come true, the individuals lie on their snug couches ready for a miracle to descend from above. They’re content material with asking God to alleviate them of grief on this world, with out asking themselves what they’ve executed to tug the nation out of the quagmire of oppression and repression, and return it to the trail of information and ahead considering for the good thing about humanity. They provided nothing however humiliation, whereas their rulers provide nothing however disgrace and shame.

A nation with a fantastic heritage in contrast to no different in historical past is now standing nonetheless. It has surrendered to injustice and tyranny as if it have been inevitable, watching passively as fellow Muslims are massacred all over the world by individuals backed by Muslim rulers. They didn’t bat an eyelid. They declare to be weak, and haven’t any energy to sort out the tyrants of the world, though they possess many sources and capabilities throughout an enormous swathe of the earth’s floor.

This nation greets its enemies with open arms, content material to declare that “God is enough for us, and He’s one of the best Guardian” with out understanding its which means. God will not be the Guardian of the weak who settle for and indulge in shame willingly. He’s the Guardian of those that could also be weak however have dignity and honour, and who work to lift the flag of the nation excessive, even when they’re few. Solely then does God intervene and assist them: “Many a time has a smaller group overcome an even bigger group by Allah’s command,” we’re advised.

But once more, in 2021 we noticed examples of such a small group in Jerusalem and in Gaza. We noticed how a small group of defenceless Jerusalemite Palestinians defended Al-Aqsa Mosque and put their lives on the road for the sake of God.

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We additionally noticed the Palestinian resistance teams with their restricted capabilities — hardly comparable with Israel’s navy energy — however the energy of these combating for God and their land, Palestine. They defeated the Israelis regardless of their energy, know-how, cash and incomparable worldwide assist. The parable of the Israel Defence Forces being invincible was crushed by the missile deterrence equation imposed by the resistance. The enemy military did not resolve the battle shortly, because it claimed it will, and entered an attrition stage, unable to hold out its floor invasion menace. It could have deployed its tanks on the nominal border of Gaza, nevertheless it didn’t obtain any of its targets.

The Palestinian resistance fought an epic battle towards Israel. Palestinians at dwelling and overseas, no matter their sects, religions and political affiliations, united and rallied behind the resistance factions in a approach that Palestine has by no means witnessed earlier than, even through the 1936 rebellion.

If there was a candle lit at the hours of darkness tunnel of the previous pandemic 12 months, then it’s the candle that was lit from Jerusalem and Gaza. Nonetheless, the Sword of Jerusalem battle and the large widespread rebellion that accompanied it in the entire occupied Palestinian territories, together with these occupied in 1948, in addition to throughout the diaspora, was not used correctly to take away the top of the Safety Coordination Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, and his Oslo-backing males; even after the individuals had their say and selected the resistance path to liberate Palestine. It was a really public referendum earlier than your complete world.

Nor was the Palestinian home put as a way to reveal the unity and cohesion between the factions witnessed through the rebellion, and thus show that the rift occurred post-Oslo. Sadly, this didn’t occur, and the Palestinian establishment was resumed, with the PA persevering with its “sacred” safety coordination with the occupation state. This confounded predictions that change should be an inevitable results of occasions final Might.

Earlier than the curtain fell on 2021, we noticed the collaborator Mahmoud Abbas meet with Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz at a time when a whole bunch of Palestinians have been being arrested, imprisoned and tortured by the apartheid state. This was additionally when Palestinian villages have been (and nonetheless are) being topic to every day assaults by the hands of unlawful Israeli settlers. Abbas doesn’t see how the Palestinian farmers are being pushed off their land; he doesn’t hear the cries of the ladies and kids as their houses and crops are destroyed by settlers.

Abbas promised Gantz that he wouldn’t enable violence or weapons for use towards the settlers. He additionally promised to proceed this method so long as he stays on his throne, which is stained with the blood of the Palestinians. In accordance with Israel’s Walla, Gantz replied that the Palestinian safety providers should work more durable towards the resistance actions within the West Financial institution.

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Kan Radio added that Gantz thanked Abbas for having Palestinian safety officers save two Israeli settlers from being killed after they wandered into Ramallah in early December. The Israeli minister gave Abbas a bottle of olive oil as a present for his nice service to the safety of the occupation state; a present stolen from the land of Palestine.

Abbas refused to begin the New Yr with out giving a present to his Zionist buddies in return, so he ordered his safety businesses to launch a large marketing campaign of arrests in Jenin on behalf of their colleagues within the occupation safety businesses. The Israeli safety businesses now roughly have a department workplace in Ramallah.

The Palestinian concern is an ideal illustration of what I mentioned initially of this text about 2021’s crises persevering with into 2022 and past. It is a matter greater than 70 years outdated which has been handed from era to era, 12 months after 12 months. We do not know for sure when it would occur, however we do know that the Palestinians will likely be victorious ultimately, and can liberate all of occupied Palestine from the river to the ocean.

Regardless of how lengthy it lasts, colonialism crumbles ultimately. Regardless of how a lot injustice grows, spreads and dominates, the destiny of those that are unjust is wreck. That will likely be as true in Israel and the remainder of occupied Palestine because it has been all over the place else.

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